Alacare Home Health & Hospice

What Alacare Home Health & Hospice does

Alacare Home Health & Hospice operates as part of a large-scale, Medicare-certified home health and hospice services organization headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with operations under the Enhabit brand across 368 locations in 35 U.S. states. The firm delivers two core service lines: (1) Home Health, encompassing skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, and home health aide services delivered to patients recovering from hospitalization or managing chronic conditions; and (2) Hospice Care, an interdisciplinary end-of-life offering that includes pain and symptom management, medications related to terminal illness, durable medical equipment, and spiritual care for patients and families. The company reports approximately 239,000 patients cared for annually and 5.2 million visits completed, positioning it as the fourth-largest provider of Medicare-certified skilled home services in the United States.

The business is built on a referral-driven, field-based go-to-market model in which hospitals, physicians, and health systems are the primary patient acquisition channel, supplemented by direct consumer inquiry via phone and website contact forms. Service delivery is performed in patients' homes by employed clinicians distributed across the 368-location footprint, enabling local service provision while leveraging centralized scale. The technology stack centers on a predictive analytics capability applied to structured patient data to forecast outcomes and inform clinical decision-making, layered on top of evidence-based clinical protocols.

Revenue mechanics are reimbursement-driven rather than direct-pay: the majority of services are billed to Medicare (including the Medicare Hospice Benefit), Medicaid, and private insurance, with coverage determined by patient eligibility, medical necessity, and plan benefits. The company is structured as a publicly traded corporation (NYSE: EHAB) with an active investor relations function, led by President and CEO Dale Clift, and operates without a parent company. The legal entity in the source data is identified as Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, reflecting a 2022 rebranding from the legacy Alacare identity.

Name

Alacare Home Health & Hospice

Legal name

Enhabit Home Health & Hospice

Website

https://alacare.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Alacare Home Health & Hospice, operating as Enhabit, is a Medicare-certified home health and hospice provider delivering skilled nursing, therapy, and end-of-life care across 368 locations in 35 U.S. states, serving roughly 239,000 patients annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Health & Hospice Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (62161)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Hospice Agencies (HLAFAEAC)

Keywords

• Home health services
• Hospice care
• Skilled nursing
• Post-acute care
• Medicare-certified services

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Home Health Services: Medicare-certified skilled home health services including skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, and home health aides. Reimbursed through Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance programs.
2. Hospice Care Services: End-of-life hospice care services covered under Medicare Hospice Benefit. Includes interdisciplinary care team, pain relief, symptom management, medications related to terminal illness, medical equipment, aide services, and spiritual care.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Alacare Home Health & Hospice (operating as Enhabit Home Health & Hospice) delivers Medicare-certified home health services and hospice care directly to patients in their homes. Home health offerings include skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, and home health aides. Hospice offerings include an interdisciplinary care team, pain and symptom management, medications related to terminal illness, durable medical equipment, and spiritual care for patients and loved ones.

Product overview

Enhabit Home Health & Hospice is a healthcare services provider offering two core service lines: Home Health and Hospice Care. Home Health provides comprehensive clinical care including skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, and home health aides to help patients meet their specific health goals. Hospice Care delivers compassionate end-of-life care at home with an interdisciplinary team, pain management, medications, medical equipment, and spiritual support services. The company positions itself as one of the nation's largest home health and hospice providers with 239,000 patients cared for, 368 locations in 35 states, and 5.2 million visits completed (based on 2025 data).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Home Health

Quantifiable outcome

• 239,000+ patients cared for annually
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Amedisys: Direct home health and hospice competitor with overlapping Medicare-certified service lines and a multi-state footprint; among the largest national platforms competing for the same referral and patient pool.
• Addus HomeCare: Personal care, home health, and hospice provider competing for Medicaid and dual-eligible populations in overlapping state markets.
• Aveanna Healthcare: Public home health and hospice provider with Medicare-certified skilled home health and pediatric home health services; competes for both clinical labor and patient referrals.
• Chemed Corporation (VITAS Healthcare): Operates the largest U.S. hospice platform (VITAS) and is a directly comparable hospice competitor; also competes for hospice referrals in overlapping geographies.
• The Pennant Group: Operates home health, hospice, and senior living services with a decentralized operating model; competes directly in several of Enhabit/Alacare's 35 states.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Public home and community-based provider offering home health, hospice, and pharmacy services; overlaps with Enhabit/Alacare's service lines and target patient populations.
• Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB): The publicly traded parent entity whose operating data (368 locations, 35 states, 239K patients, 5.2M visits) matches the company profile; included to reflect that the analyzed company is effectively the Enhabit operating company under the Alacare brand.

Broad incumbents

• Encompass Health: Former parent of Enhabit (spun off in 2022); operates inpatient rehabilitation hospitals that frequently discharge patients into home health and hospice, making it both a historic parent and a major referral source for Enhabit/Alacare.
• UnitedHealth Group (Optum / LHC Group): Acquired LHC Group and integrates home health and hospice into its Medicare Advantage and managed care offering, representing both a competitor and a potential channel partner for Enhabit/Alacare.
• Humana / CenterWell Home Health: Payvider-owned home health and hospice platform that leverages Humana's Medicare Advantage membership; a major competitor for in-network home-based care authorizations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Alacare
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCpDQyKoGTT8mHTIGJZI_kGw
• Facebookfacebook.com/Alacare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/enhabithhh
• Instagraminstagram.com/enhabithhh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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